In the Blockade of Almeida a French garrison under Antoine François Brenier de Montmorand was surrounded by approximately 13,000 Anglo-Allied soldiers led by Generals Sir Alexander Campbell, 1st Baronet and Sir William Erskine, 2nd Baronet.

Antoine-François Brenier de Montmorand served as a French general of division during the period of the First French Empire and became an officer of the Legion of Honour.